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by r32a_ 8y ago
Unless there is a complete collapse of the Bitcoin blockchain and it's ecosystem there is no way any cryptocurrency will take over Bitcoin as the number 1 currency on the internet
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by r32a_ 8y ago
It's a centralized stable coin built by Facebook, so it's basically PayPal?
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by r32a_ 8y ago
Definition of blockchain is fluid because a blockchain is a combination of many technologies.
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co working spaces
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by r32a_ 8y ago
This is how some people overcome a creative block, they get frustrated when they don't get good ideas and that stops them from getting good ideas.
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by r32a_ 8y ago
I don't care about those features, I just wanted to download the packages and it's dependencies and in the end it never did that. Nix is probably good for many things, but it's not simple and to me it's trying to do too
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by r32a_ 8y ago
Exactly, let's make the package manager do 100000 things.
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by r32a_ 8y ago
Cardano the cryptocurrency is written in Haskell and uses nix as it's package manager
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by r32a_ 8y ago
I've had the displeasure of being forced to use nix and to me it seems like an overengineered piece of garbage. I don't see why anyone should use this vs competitors
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by r32a_ 8y ago
Many cryptocurrency libs like Web3 opt to use bignumber js for all money manipulation
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by r32a_ 8y ago
People can choose to work together if they wish that's the whole point of fully remote.
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by r32a_ 8y ago
Easier said than done when everyone follows this strategy you're going to have lots of competition.
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by r32a_ 8y ago
One small caveat is if someone is very wealthy, they can spend $0.9Billion buying lottery tickets which increases their odds vs someone that just buys 1
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by r32a_ 8y ago
I'm interested to see who can build the first $100B, fully remote company.
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But they have been called out many times
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by r32a_ 8y ago
Can't remember the last time I heard a positive news from Facebook
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by r32a_ 8y ago
You cannot compare Bitcoin transaction to a visa/mastercard transaction. A Bitcoin transaction is closer to me giving you a gold bar than doing a credit card transaction. The payments layer is being developed and it's called the L
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by r32a_ 8y ago
This is FUD. Blockstream does not own Bitcoin Core and does not even sponsor a majority of the developers. Their "influence" has actually dropped since the departure of Maxwell as CTO
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by r32a_ 8y ago
That "feature" can be built on top of Bitcoin with a Visa powered by Bitcoin. When people do a Bitcoin transaction, its akin to me send give you a $5 note on the internet not a credit card transaction.
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by r32a_ 8y ago
> Blockchain is being touted as a panacea, a solution to every problem, not just every data integration problem Pretty sure that happens with every new tech. > XML never had any association with large scale fraudulent activities. I&
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by r32a_ 8y ago
Imho it comes to incentives and different factions keeping each other in check, the same way it's done in Bitcoin and in some ways in Democracy. Although it's important to note that Decentralised systems are different to Distribut
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by r32a_ 8y ago
I'm happy its been added to the list: https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoinobituaries/
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by r32a_ 8y ago
compare the size of the bitcoin blockchain and the ethereum blockchain. Now see when Bitcoin was launched and see when Ethereum was launched. Facts speak for themselves.
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by r32a_ 8y ago
This is why Bitcoin blockchain is more concerned about keeping the block sizes small and efficient as possible than adding fancy smart contract features that just add bloat to the blockchain.
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by r32a_ 8y ago
I think it could be pretty cool for concurrency. Branch off, do some queries, inserts/updates and then merge back in
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by r32a_ 8y ago
Panic attacks are awful and terrifying, mine eventually turned into panic disorder, but after over a year of working on it and taking it step by step I was able to beat it and without any medication! In my experience, the following helped m
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by r32a_ 8y ago
Another day another Bitcoin obituary. Surely these articles are click baits at this point.
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by r32a_ 8y ago
I've experienced this console.log bug too
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by r32a_ 8y ago
Bitcoin has the lightning network which is already in production and in use today with a few little applications running on top of it. http://satoshi.place/
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by r32a_ 8y ago
He may have done his research and came to that conclusion, he isn't claiming to be an economist, civil servant or researcher. Also, no one is forcing you to use Bitcoin, Your government, however, forces you to use the state-controlled

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